Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 192W. Blackwood, 1912 - Scotland |
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Page 66
... seemed to be no question of escape . They could only wait gloomily for the inevitable hail and sur- render . On board the Néréide they were given up as lost . The four big ships and the tiny flotilla drew together : they met and past ...
... seemed to be no question of escape . They could only wait gloomily for the inevitable hail and sur- render . On board the Néréide they were given up as lost . The four big ships and the tiny flotilla drew together : they met and past ...
Page 67
... seemed likely to escape up a creek defended by batteries before the frigate could overhaul her . The wind was light and the weather foggy , and from the Sirius it was impossible to make out the size of the chase . Conceiving her to be a ...
... seemed likely to escape up a creek defended by batteries before the frigate could overhaul her . The wind was light and the weather foggy , and from the Sirius it was impossible to make out the size of the chase . Conceiving her to be a ...
Page 71
... seemed that " the whole of the enemy was on shore in a heap " ; and , in- deed , there was now presented the remarkable spectacle of a naval battle in which the half of one squadron and the whole of the other were reclining ingloriously ...
... seemed that " the whole of the enemy was on shore in a heap " ; and , in- deed , there was now presented the remarkable spectacle of a naval battle in which the half of one squadron and the whole of the other were reclining ingloriously ...
Page 72
... seemed impossible or in- judicious , it is not easy to understand why they were not employed to support or succour the exposed Néréide . Captain Lambert wished to run down with the Iphigenia and board the Minerve , but was prevented by ...
... seemed impossible or in- judicious , it is not easy to understand why they were not employed to support or succour the exposed Néréide . Captain Lambert wished to run down with the Iphigenia and board the Minerve , but was prevented by ...
Page 89
... seemed to admit of a reply . At length he said- " Well , you've frightened a woman into hysterics by it , if that's any consolation . " " There , now ! Mrs Bo- senna ? " · • " No , it was not Mrs Bosenna . By the way , that reminds I've ...
... seemed to admit of a reply . At length he said- " Well , you've frightened a woman into hysterics by it , if that's any consolation . " " There , now ! Mrs Bo- senna ? " · • " No , it was not Mrs Bosenna . By the way , that reminds I've ...
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Abors asked Bannu Benny Beyrout Bias bird boat Bosenna Bowldler British called Captain Cai Captain Hunken carried Chor Church course CXCII.-NO Cyll Cyllene deck Dinah English eyes face Fancy feet French frigate Gale Government guns Gurkhas hand harbour head heard Hocken Home Rule honour House House of Lords Iphigenia knew lady land Leslie Gale letters live looked Lord Lord Kitchener Lordessa ma'am ment miles mind Miss Etherington Miss Fane morning Néréide never night Omar once Palmerston Parliament passed Perivale Philp port Port Louis Port Vendres prose rock round Sahib Satyrs seemed Seetaram ship side Sikh smile Snatty stag stared stood Straloch subahdar sure table d'hôte tell there's thing thought tion told took turned wind words Zattere